Every route 99. 8 of 25.

Thursday 7th May 2026 I’m still in the south west for this latest route 99 adventure and it’s an absolute stunner. Operated by Hatch Beauchamp based (seven miles south east of Taunton) Hatch Green Coaches, the route connects the Somerset market town of Chard with the county town of Taunton via some delightful villages. End to end journey time is a handy 55 minutes with the one bus allocated to the service offering an 08:30 arrival into Taunton (continuing on to serve Somerset College) with a 17:05 balancing return journey. In between those times a daytime two-hourly frequency leaves Taunton at 08:50, 10:50, 12:50 and 15:00 with departures from Chard at 09:50, 11:50, 13:50 and 16:00. The same timetable (minus the College extension) applies on Saturdays and there’s no Sunday service. The route includes a lengthy deviation around a residential area in the north of Chard thereby providing a local service (albeit not very frequent)… … then serves the villages of Combe St Nicholas, Buckland…